Back in college a gay friend of mine looked at me very suspiciously when I told him he needed to plug something into the "scuzzy" port.
-Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 1:21 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: What gender is a computer? > > > Computers are girls because: > > I like to spend as much time with them as possible. > > They'll only do what you want if you ask in /exactly/ the right way. > > They'll let you know that you did something wrong, but rarely what. > > <cf_offensive> > But mostly, it's because mine bitches every time I want to > plug something into a port. </cf_offensive> > > > -- Ben Doom > Programmer & General Lackey > Moonbow Software, Inc > > : -----Original Message----- > : From: Kenneth Ketsdever [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > : Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 2:08 PM > : To: CF-Community > : Subject: What gender is a computer? > : > : > : A gender computer > : > : A French teacher was explaining to her classthat in French, unlike > : English,nouns are designated as either masculine or > feminine:"House" is > : feminine-la maison." Pencil" is masculine-"le crayon." > : > : A student asked, "What gender is 'computer'?" Instead of giving > : the answer, > : the teacher split the class into two groups-male and female - and > : asked them > : to decide for themselves whether "computer" should be a > masculine or a > : feminine noun. Each group was asked to give four reasons for their > : recommendation. > : > : The men's group decided that "computer" should definitely be of > : the feminine > : gender ("la computer"), because: > : > : 1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic; > : > : 2. The native language they use to communicate with other > computers is > : incomprehensible to everyone else; > : > : 3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term > memory for possible > : later review; and > : > : 4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself > : spending half > : your salary on accessories for it. > : > : > : > : The women's group, however, concluded that computers should > be masculine > : (>le computer") because: > : > : 1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on; > : > : 2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves; > : > : 3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the > : time they ARE > : the problem; and > : > : 4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had > : waited a little > : longer, you could have gotten a better model. > : > : What arguments would you make? And who won? > : > : > : > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
